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“Like I said the circle is almost closed. But I’ve got more to do, I’m not finished!” Happy 100th Birthday Aunt Mary! at New York, New York

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It’s been a few minutes since our last post! As individuals, the team’s free time has been scarce. Here at Nasty Women of New York, we value quality over quantity — and so we are working hard to make sure everything is perfect! Coming soon... we cannot WAIT for you to meet the incredible Chisaram Nkemere. ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

“When I did my @adamsandler movie, ‘You Don't Mess With the Zohan’ it was the first time I was on a giant movie set. So I wanted to make myself really small because I thought if I can show that hiring disabled people is easy, they'll hire more disabled people.
So I had a trailer, and with the trailers you just jump in and out of the door. It's really weird. You have to pull yourself up, like in a swimming pool, and then you jump out. So me and my personal assistant, Johnny Rad--he was rad-- he would stand outside the trailer and I would just jump like I was stage diving, and he would catch me, and then we'd go on set.
So Adam comes by one day and he sees what is happening and he says, "WHAT the hell is going on?" And I was like "Oh, Johnny is just catching me!" So he pulls over this giant union guy named Darrel and he says, "Build her stairs. Right now." And so we got on set and Adam asks me, "Why? Why didn't you just ask for stairs?" And I said I didn’t want to be high maintenance. And he goes, "Mariah Carey is in the other trailer! You are not high maintenance!” I will never forget that.”
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“I will never forget I was talking to someone and they said, “Oh well, you know, all this race stuff! We're all women and we have to fight for the same cause!” And I responded with “No. Not all women feel like we are fighting for the same cause.” Black women are not white women. Their fight is much harder. But nobody wants to be told that someone has it worse off than they do, they want to believe we are all equally marginalized. And listen, I guess I can hear their point- the overall themes of feminism, even just taking the #metoo movement and the general acknowledgment of sexual abuse all women have to deal with. That is important too, especially as a woman who’s struggled with body issues, I get it. But still- marginalized women will get it worse. If some guy slaps my ass and I’m appalled and feel degraded, I have to stop and think “I’m a woman most men think is white. What is it like for my black and Latina sisters? Do they deal with this more than I do?” The questions have to be asked.”
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“I am mostly white. Or I would at least would say I'm white presenting-- but I'm multiracial. I usually say I'm multiracial but I also feel it’s incredibly important to recognize and be aware of how white I look. There is a certain privilege that’s afforded to me for how I look. That’s why I have to be a voice. Sometimes my version of using my voice is aggressive, that’s who I am. I’ll walk into a room and say “Why are there all white people here?” I feel like I represent a multiracial background and therefore I have to use my “whiteness.” White people can say whatever they want. If a black woman states her opinion, says whatever she wants she is an “angry black woman.” I can say it. I need to say it. I feel like it’s my obligation.”
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“I was married up until he passed away. 73 years. 73 years. Another lifetime, another lifetime. So, in the meantime I had three children. They're all not too close in age. The first two or three years apart and the third is seven years apart. I love my children all so much, but I also really wanted to get back to work! I always wanted to work. When I had not yet finished with school, I didn’t have any extra money. And it bothered me that I didn't have money then. I like money! It gives me such a nice security because now I could buy a gift if I wanted to. When I had my third child, my daughter, I stayed at home with her until she was 6 years old, and then I took my wings and I flew because it felt free! And I worked, for almost 30 years.” Mary, Queens NY
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